EastEnders 17th April 2025
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00:00I'll see you next time.
00:30What did that little girl ever do?
00:34To live a life of losing everything she ever loved.
00:38She didn't do nothing.
00:40She just wanted someone to love her.
00:43To care for her.
00:45To pin her drawings on the wall.
00:51And I'm sitting here.
00:53And I'm still alone.
00:55And out there, they're lights.
01:00And behind the windows,
01:03little girls are being tucked up by their mummies.
01:07And told stories and sung to.
01:12And they feel happy.
01:15And safe.
01:18And wanted.
01:20And I'm still here.
01:23And I have to go out that door.
01:26And face the world.
01:28And everyone I see has got someone.
01:32The worst part.
01:34Is seeing them complaining.
01:37And fighting amongst themselves.
01:40And they don't know what they got.
01:43And they're telling them.
01:59Tasty.
02:01Morning.
02:02Sleeping beauty.
02:03Morning.
02:04Sleeping beauty.
02:06Have I been down here all night?
02:09Well, I'd have to try and wake you up.
02:12Oh!
02:13Oh, thanks at the time I'm doing the caffeine, Arthur.
02:16Are you sure that's a good idea, Arthur, yesterday?
02:18I'm sure it wasn't as bad as it sounds.
02:21I'm not senile yet.
02:23Besides, Mr Leeson will kill me if I have any more time, Mum.
02:33We ain't taking all this.
02:38Well, of course we're not.
02:39I'm putting all this in the garage to get it out of the way for them.
02:41Oh, you really don't have to do that, Sonia.
02:43This is your home.
02:44We're just keeping it warm for you.
02:46Yeah.
02:47I can't believe we're doing this.
02:49I felt sick all morning.
02:50You know what?
02:51Fear is good.
02:52Means you're up for the challenge.
02:54Yeah?
02:55Right, I'm off to see Lily.
02:56I, er, said I'd spend some time with her before we leave.
02:58Yeah, don't forget the Albert later.
03:00Yeah.
03:01Oh, really?
03:02Is that a big fuss?
03:03Oh, well, tough.
03:04Cos that is exactly what you're getting.
03:06We heard back from everyone except Bianca.
03:09Yeah.
03:10She'll be there.
03:11Yeah.
03:12So you're just gonna let her go, yeah?
03:16What's the matter?
03:19How'd you do that?
03:25Terry done it.
03:27He said women like me deserved it.
03:30Yeah?
03:31You need to tell Sonia.
03:32Hmm.
03:33Cos if he can switch like that, she needs to know.
03:35She won't believe me.
03:36She think I'm just saying it to make her stay.
03:38You need to tell her.
03:39And you need to tell her now.
03:40Look, I'm not stopping.
03:41I'm just checking with Elaine knows the numbers for the Albert later.
03:51Oh, yeah.
03:52Oh.
03:53That's Jamie.
03:54I never really knew him.
03:55They're lovely kids, I heard.
03:56Hmm.
03:57The only one Phil didn't screw up.
03:58Feels like a lifetime ago.
04:00Yeah.
04:01Oh.
04:02There's someone I won't miss.
04:04Elaine's not a fan, you know.
04:06She says she's allergic, but she don't like him.
04:10Maybe you could have him for me.
04:12Oh, please, Kath.
04:13Oh, please, Kath.
04:14I mean, he feels safe with you.
04:15You know, he knows your voice, doesn't he?
04:17Well, I suppose it's the least I can do, yeah.
04:20Right, well, I'll pop in to see Elaine and I'll see you over the Albert later.
04:22All right.
04:23She's just in the lounge with the baby.
04:24OK.
04:25All right, Kath.
04:26Parrot's sorted.
04:28Son, you can't do this.
04:31Oh, was last night just an act, was it?
04:33Listen to me.
04:34No, no, no.
04:35Let me guess.
04:36Is he a mass murderer?
04:38Is he Lord Lucan in disguise?
04:40Last night, me and Terry, we had words and I called Mum and then when he saw her calling
04:50me back, he, he got physical with me.
04:57Terry did that?
05:13Did you hurt my sister?
05:18What?
05:19Just answer the question, did you or did you not attack her?
05:23Oh, I grabbed her arm but just to stop her giving me a right hook.
05:26I'd have ripped your head off if I could.
05:28So he was just offending himself, he weren't just angry about you phoning Mum?
05:31Er, no.
05:33No.
05:34He should have had the things he was saying, Son, about me, about us, about women like us.
05:38Don't fall for it, Sonia.
05:39Look, in a couple of hours we will be on that plane.
05:41Don't let her get in your head.
05:43I need to think.
05:44Where are you going?
05:45Just look after the baby.
05:46I need to be on my own.
05:47I warned you.
05:48Just drop dead.
05:49Shame last time I said that.
05:50It actually worked.
05:51Oh, she's back.
05:52Thought the birds stopped singing.
05:53You there anyway to talk to your boss?
05:54Nice time.
05:55Well, you know what they say.
05:56Break's as good as a rest.
05:57I could have come back to better news, though.
05:58These gym sessions with my son, they end.
06:00You there anyway to talk to your boss?
06:01Well, you know what they say.
06:04Break's as good as a rest.
06:07I could have come back to better news, though.
06:11These gym sessions with my son, they end.
06:16Now.
06:17Nah.
06:18Nah, me and Teddy, we got an agreement.
06:19Oh, well.
06:20I'd agree it, then.
06:21Unless, of course, you got another visit from my friends.
06:23It's got an idea.
06:37Your friends don't work on me no more.
06:42If you want me to stop seeing Barney, you're going to have to sell him yourself.
06:46Oh, that's him now.
06:47I'm going to be late, so that's all sorted.
06:51You'll know where to find us.
07:12I don't know how you swung this one.
07:30Said I couldn't see you today, that I'd have to wait for weeks.
07:32As you put in an order, so I wasn't having it.
07:35You know me, son.
07:36Always know the right strings to pull, but you're going to have to get a move on.
07:39I booked a spa treatment at three, and I'm going to get my nails done.
07:44Have you missed me?
07:56If I had ever ignored my mother like that when I was your age,
07:59I'd have got a slapper on my head side and no dinner that night.
08:03I'd like to see her try.
08:06How come you were so hot for your mother?
08:09Are you any good at folding sheets?
08:14No, my mum just froze them all in the cupboard.
08:16It's time you learned.
08:18Give me a hand.
08:20Right.
08:22Find the corners.
08:27Right.
08:28Now make it nice and straight.
08:34Right.
08:36Good.
08:38I used to do this with my grandmother.
08:44One of life's simplest pleasures she used to see.
08:50Freshly washed sheets straight from the line.
08:54Yeah.
08:55I do like fresh bedding, to be honest.
08:57Well, maybe now you can teach your mother to fold them properly.
09:00That would mean she would actually have to listen to what I want for a change.
09:05Yeah.
09:06Avani, is there a problem at all?
09:08No.
09:09I mean, sort of.
09:10Yeah.
09:11I got in trouble a few weeks ago with the police.
09:27I see.
09:28And does your mother know?
09:29Yeah.
09:30She knows.
09:31The police, they thought that I had drugs on me.
09:32Oh, but I didn't, though.
09:46They searched me.
09:49Like, they really searched me.
10:01And how they searched you, Avani.
10:07Was it in an appropriate manner?
10:18According to them, it was.
10:24But they made me get naked.
10:27I beg your pardon?
10:30I had to take my clothes off in front of strangers.
10:35And I didn't even do anything wrong.
10:39And I just keep thinking about it all the time.
10:45It's okay.
10:47It's okay.
10:49I've got you.
10:58Something funny?
11:00Just video.
11:02Just video.
11:03Pranks of that.
11:07You boys know my son, right?
11:09Barney Mitchell.
11:11Yeah.
11:12We know him.
11:14Then you'll know he's been at the gym lately, trying to get buff.
11:17Barney?
11:18Between you and me, Zach thinks he could do with a bit of encouragement.
11:21You know?
11:22Mates cheering him on from the sideline, that sort of thing.
11:26Yeah.
11:27Can do that.
11:28Could.
11:29He's in the gym now, actually.
11:30You know, if you're not busy.
11:32I mean, don't tell him I told you, but he's dead set on trying to win over that Barney girl.
11:40He likes a Barney.
11:41Oh, look at me.
11:43Embarrassing mum.
11:45Mum's the word.
11:52Yeah?
12:07Those things first, and most importantly, is he better looking to me.
12:11I'm kidding.
12:12Course he ain't.
12:13So, you believe Bianca then?
12:16You don't think she's making out?
12:17No.
12:18I believe her.
12:19Well, then there's your answer.
12:20So, what?
12:21Just scrap building a relationship with my dad?
12:24I mean, what if he was defending himself?
12:28And regardless of where I go or who with, do you really blame me for wanting to get away?
12:32So, you're saying about your dad.
12:35This is about you leaving Walford and not for some extended holiday.
12:41You're thinking about going for good.
12:42I bet it's my home.
12:45Oh.
12:46Not a place, son.
12:48It's here, innit?
12:50You want someone's permission.
12:53And you want mine.
12:55Why me, eh?
12:56Why this old Jalbert?
12:57Well...
12:58I suppose you're the closest thing I've had to a father figure since Alan.
13:00Don't get me wrong, he was great, but...
13:03You know, I've spent my whole life watching people doing things with their real dads when
13:04I've never had a clue who mine was.
13:06Those few months when I thought it was you.
13:10I finally knew what it was like.
13:13Oh, you...
13:15Oh, you...
13:16You're gonna make my mascara run.
13:20My old mate, God bless him.
13:24You give me two pieces of advice, son.
13:26I've always stuck.
13:28Good decisions come from experience, bad experience.
13:31And it comes from bad decisions.
13:32All on a learning curve, son.
13:33Never stops.
13:34And the second?
13:35It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
13:38So, you're gonna make my mascara run, OK?
13:41My old mate, God bless him.
13:44You give me two pieces of advice, son.
13:45I've always stuck.
13:46Good decisions come from experience, bad experience.
13:49And it comes from bad decisions.
13:52All on a learning curve, son.
13:54Never stops.
13:55And the second?
13:57It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
14:02Foo-for-thought, eh?
14:04Whatever happens from, you keep in touch, yeah?
14:08Course I'll help.
14:09Make sure you look after that parrot.
14:12He knows all my pen numbers.
14:14That's it, party, mate.
14:19All the way up.
14:20Good, good, good.
14:21Two more, two more.
14:22Push.
14:23Go on, mate.
14:24Sorry.
14:25Sorry?
14:26What are you talking about?
14:28We go to failure and that's what you did.
14:29Well done.
14:30Well, I reckon my mum can lift more than that.
14:32Hey, what are you doing?
14:34Put that phone away.
14:35Don't worry.
14:36I've got the shot.
14:37What are you filming me?
14:38Well, how else is it funny?
14:39You don't know you've been bulking up.
14:40She won't tell from them mums.
14:42Phone away now.
14:43Get out the gym.
14:44Well, I thought you wanted an audience for him.
14:46Let's cheer him on, aren't we?
14:47Are you invited?
14:48Of course I didn't.
14:49Hey, look, he's about to crack.
14:51Get that on video, quick.
14:52Thanks for nothing.
14:53Go on, what are you doing?
14:55Barney, where are you going?
14:56Barney, mate!
14:57Get out of the gym!
14:59So, how do you know Sonia?
15:17Oh, er, erm...
15:18No, listen, she was a little girl.
15:20Erm...
15:21Claire was best mates with her back in the day.
15:24Oh, right.
15:26Erm...
15:27About yesterday.
15:29No, no, no.
15:30I...
15:31I get confused sometimes.
15:33There's always nothing to worry about.
15:34Oh, it's OK to not be OK, you know.
15:37I'm bipolar.
15:40And my daughter's bipolar too, so...
15:43Erm...
15:44Out of all the many things that we've learnt, erm...
15:47We learnt that, er, keep your thumbs bottled up
15:50and pretending that everything's OK doesn't really work out in the end.
15:54So, erm...
15:56If, if, if, if, if you'd like to talk to someone...
15:59Well, you know where I am.
16:01All right.
16:08Do you think she'll mind having her leave-in doing a gay bar?
16:10You're kidding, innit?
16:12Your cousin Sonia, well, she's got form with the ladies.
16:16Yeah, she did that before it was trendy.
16:18Did it?
16:19I don't think you can say that, though.
16:20I just did.
16:21It's all right, where is she?
16:23The champagne's getting warm.
16:25Oh, she's here!
16:26Yeah!
16:27Yeah!
16:28Yeah!
16:29Yeah!
16:30Yeah!
16:31Yeah!
16:32Yeah!
16:33Unless he's not banking her fast.
16:34Well, do you think we let you snip off without giving you a send-off?
16:36Oh!
16:37Ah!
16:38And Phil's playing for the drink, so I'm getting me Maysworth.
16:40You've changed your tune, now there's a free bath.
16:43I'm just messing, all right?
16:45And about the other day, I'm sorry.
16:48I overreacted.
16:49An apology from you and Bill?
16:51Mm.
16:54Champagne to the reddit.
16:55Toast incoming, yeah?
16:58Sore sense in the end, then?
17:00That's my girl.
17:01Look at my bed!
17:02Speak!
17:03Speak!
17:04Speak!
17:05Speak!
17:06Speak!
17:07Er...
17:09Seriously, I don't know what to say.
17:11Thank you, you know?
17:13All of you.
17:14And not just for this, but...
17:17or for supporting me in the last few months.
17:20And years.
17:22Some of you, even decades.
17:25If it takes a village to raise a child, then...
17:28there's definitely a few of you in here who've put the hours in.
17:31Yeah, well, it's time well spent, if you ask me.
17:34Come on, everybody, to Sonia!
17:43Hang on a sec.
17:44I won't be a minute.
17:45Oh, passion.
17:46Sonia!
17:47Oh, sorry!
17:51Bianca!
17:53Why don't you come in?
17:54Have a drink?
17:55Sonia, you can't go.
17:57There's something not right about this.
17:59Don't give up, do you?
18:01Listen, she's my sister.
18:03She's just looking out for me.
18:05Anyway, I've made my mind up.
18:07I am going to go away.
18:09Just not with him.
18:11What?
18:12You are joking.
18:13I mean, it's all sorted.
18:14We've made plans.
18:15Yeah, I know.
18:16But my plans have changed.
18:18It was a very kind offer to me.
18:20All right?
18:21And even you suggesting it has made me realise what I need.
18:24And it ain't Warford right now.
18:26So I thank you for that.
18:27I'm going to go and stay with Whit for a bit.
18:30You know, get some clarity.
18:32And then decide where we're going to settle.
18:34But it won't be Randy.
18:36Sonia, I'm handing you all this on a play here.
18:40My mind's made up.
18:42And you, you'd do anything not to end up on your own, wouldn't you?
18:46Even if it makes everyone else unhappy, you are just like your...
18:49Go on.
18:50Why don't you finish that sentence?
18:52Just like my mum?
18:53Yeah, well, at least I know now.
18:55All those years ago when I walked out on you, yeah,
18:57I made the right choice.
18:59You're nothing but a bunch of freeloading chavs, the lot of you.
19:02You want to say that again?
19:03Oh, what's this, the lynch mob?
19:05Why don't you stay around a bit longer, Terry,
19:07and maybe you'll find out.
19:12I'm really sorry, son.
19:27I know how much you wanted that to work out.
19:31Yeah, well...
19:34It's lost, isn't it?
19:37Why don't we go and have a little drink in there, eh?
19:40I'll meet you back at home.
19:52They were just, like, picking on me and laughing.
19:55Oh, sweet.
19:56One of them filmed it.
19:57I know that I like it.
19:58I've got you.
19:59I've got you.
20:00Don't do something like that.
20:02Come on, Mum.
20:03I've got you.
20:04I've got you.
20:06I've got you.
20:12I know you're feeling sorry for yourself for anything but that.
20:15Thanks very much.
20:17Did you nip that from the party?
20:19No, it was on the ass.
20:21Oi!
20:22The money for the flights.
20:23I want it back.
20:25Well, yeah.
20:26I mean, if that's all you worry about, you can have your money.
20:28You're really not bright, are you?
20:30It's not about the money.
20:31I come back here to make amends to prove I was a nice guy.
20:34So you didn't come back here for me at all?
20:37This has always been about you, hasn't it?
20:39I wish I'd met a fortune teller back in the 80s.
20:41I would have not gone with your mother and the world would have been spared
20:44from the oxygen-breathing waste of you!
20:46I should probably let them out.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Probably.
21:02Maybe we should give him time to calm down.
21:04Fast.
21:05That's a good idea.
21:06You weren't very happy about those tickets.
21:08I need.
21:09Asked me to break them earlier.
21:12We can't, can we?
21:14How am I?
21:15It's a fest.
21:16Is it?
21:17Really?
21:18Probably little Jackson you, ain't ya?
21:19Well, you said your goodbyes.
21:20You packed your bags.
21:21What about you?
21:22What about me?
21:23Someone's got to be here to let him out.
21:25Can't stand the man, but I've been where he is.
21:28Come on, come.
21:29We've got four tickets.
21:31Oh, it's...
21:32His name's on the ticket.
21:34We can pay for a name change.
21:36What?
21:37Come on.
21:38Really?
21:39Alright.
21:40I'll go and pack my stuff.
21:41Hey, shut up you.
21:42We'll let you out eventually when you be quiet.
21:43You need a bit of time in there to think about your behaviour.
21:44Oh, Olivia!
21:45Oh, Olivia!
21:46Oh!
21:47I just got your text.
21:48You had the change of art.
21:49You have a very brave girl here.
21:50Are you going?
21:51Your mum will take things from here.
21:52You have a very brave girl here.
21:53Are you going?
21:54Your mum will take things from here.
21:56Tickets are one thing, but...
21:59I'm for our daughter.
22:00Oh!
22:01My daughter.
22:02Oh!
22:03Oh!
22:04Oh, oh, my God!
22:05Oh, my God!
22:06Oh, my God!
22:07Oh!
22:08Oh, my God!
22:09Oh!
22:10It's okay?
22:11Oh, my God!
22:12Oh, my God!
22:13I just got your text.
22:15Oh!
22:16Yeah.
22:17Oh, my God.
22:19How did you change your heart?
22:20You have a very brave girl here.
22:21Are you going?
22:24one thing but I'm fat daughter oh it's fine listen it's a hire car he's gonna
22:29leave it at the airport anyway and the boat leave that here that's a Terry
22:32problem so you are going then yeah well you know they've had a bit of an
22:36upgrade on their companion gene you know I mean do me a favor there's a really
22:43angry man in that garage round there would you just wait at least about three
22:47hours before you let him out understood it's terrible you know so I was only at
22:53a party for two minutes don't think you're gonna do a French exit on my watch
22:57this is your party darling drink it in you can't be good be good at it yeah go on
23:16I can't do this again lovely lovely but this ain't gonna unlock without a key
23:22darling of have you told before first time for everything oh I can't believe it
23:25where is Sonia come on Sonia we're gonna miss the flight
23:30goodbye Martin I'll always keep you with me
23:44okay
23:49see you
23:58come on right you trouble
24:00oh bless you babe
24:04socials
24:05sorry I forget
24:07are you serious what
24:11have you said you need a bigger place
24:12Sonia that's very kind of you can't just give us your house
24:16I ain't gonna do that am I you dumb
24:17when George and I move back into the Vic
24:21you can rent it
24:22I don't know what to say
24:24well this dot's remember so whatever you're doing there
24:27she'll be watching
24:29love you
24:32all right look after her
24:35all right
24:37come on then you know what if we're gonna leave let's leave in Starwick it'll be a laugh
24:43come on in the boat
24:44get up there girl get up there
24:46get that leg open
24:50sorry what's the plan then
24:54you going to Barley or
24:56well yeah that's where we're gonna start off
24:58Bexie's gonna find us some visas and everything
25:00and we're just gonna wing it
25:01well listen choose somewhere right yeah
25:03because I'm gonna come and visit
25:04love you
25:07thanks for everything yeah
25:08got an idea look for old times sake
25:10as we drive off come on it'll be a laugh
25:11we'll put it in the bin when we get to Stanstead
25:13shall I
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